The policy gives employees a minimum of 14 weeks paid maternity leave and the right to extend their maternity leave up to six months. This will be applicable to all primary caregivers of newborns, including male employees and adoptive parents.

It also includes employment protection, flexible working arrangements and guaranteed access to breastfeeding rooms during working hours in head offices and sites with more than 50 employees. Nestlé currently has more than 190 breastfeeding rooms across its global working facilities.

Peter Vogt, Deputy Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for Nestlé S.A. said: “This policy will help us better support mothers and their families in our sites across the world and reinforces our support for exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of a child’s life.”

Nestlé Malaysia already has one of the more progressive Maternal Leave Policies in the Region. Our female employees are entitled to 12 weeks of paid leave, with an option to extend for another 12 weeks unpaid. These female employees are also guaranteed security of employment for up to six months after confinement. The implementation in alignment with the global policy will be done progressively